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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Tulsa, Oklahoma and 1 more · Closes in 86 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

This job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Displaced federal employees eligible under career transition programs (CTAP or ICTAP) also get selection priority.

Experience: No specific length of training or experience is required, but you must show you have the training or experience to do the work. Describe your duties in detail on your resume so the reviewers can see it. Applicants are rated under the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

Education: This job does not have an education requirement.

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of no more than two pages, showing job titles, employers, and month and year dates Resume entries showing hours worked per week and pay plan and grade for federal jobs SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee DD-214 or Statement of Service if you are a veteran and want to support your claim Cover letter, transcript, or other accepted documents are optional

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 86 days (January 29, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

This is an open continuous announcement that may close without advance notice before its stated end date.

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: Your answers to the online questionnaire are checked first against a minimum requirement, usually question 1, and applicants who do not meet it are removed. Those who qualify are then rated on job skills such as safety, following instructions, using tools and equipment, and work practices.

Apply on USAJOBS ↗

4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Keep your resume to two pages or less, because longer resumes are removed from consideration.
For each job on your resume, list the month and year you started and ended, plus your hours per week.
Describe kitchen and food service duties in detail, since the announcement says it will not assume experience from job titles.

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